![]() That was how I was recruited to the running team.ĮAGLE: So you had a lemonade stand when you were in the sixth grade? Did you make money?įINK: The new school is great. Carter Stripp was one of main people who said 'You have to run cross country in the fall.' He came to my lemonade stand in the summer before seventh grade and said 'I'll buy lemonade from you if you run cross-country in the fall.' It was like, all right, let's do it. I did the little kid track program that runs, a wonderful program, in the spring. When did you start running?įINK: I guess I actually started running in sixth grade. Then we lost to Pittsfield, 3-2 the other day.ĮAGLE: You also do cross-country. I'm just trying to how I can help other people get better and help them enjoy themselves, and help set the stage for the future of the tennis team.įINK: We started with two matches with Mount Anthony, and then we won against Mount Everett, our first team win. This is such a small team that I'm kind of learning as we go along. A couple of them were better runners than I was. There's a lot that I can teach, but there's a lot I can learn because in cross-country, I was co-captains with several other people. It's a big change because Gabe Gerry came back with me. What's it like to be on a team that has come back?įINK: It's definitely interesting, because there are a couple of people on the team right now who last year when I didn't, and I really admire them for doing it with just - I believe - four people on the team last year. It was more as time went on that this was what I loved to do.ĮAGLE: You're a captain this year. I don't know if there was one light bulb moment. That's when I was really the most determined and I'll prove everyone wrong. I think it was around sixth or seventh grade. There are a lot things I like about team sports, but there was something about the fear but also the excitement and fun of being out there by yourself.ĮAGLE: When did a light bulb go on when Jacob Fink thought 'I can really do this?'įINK: It's funny. You're out there by yourself and there's very, very minimal coaching, so it's really you. I was set on that.įINK: You're out there, at least in singles, which is almost exclusively what I play. People say what are you going to do or what's your dream job, that's what I would say. I had always dreamed of being a professional for many, many years. Probably around fifth grade or so, I decided tennis was what I was into. I was probably 12 or 13 in seventh grade, it wasn't a decision for me at all. But I was really captured by it.ĮAGLE: When did you decide that tennis was going to be your sport?įINK: When I got into seventh grade. I think there was some drop off over the next couple of years. I think once I was having those lessons, I got really, really into it. I took lessons for one summer with a Harvard club tennis player. I never was a great hitter, but I became an all-right fielder at second base and a little bit at catcher.ĮAGLE: So, when did you first pick up a tennis racquet?įINK: Without really trying, around seven or eight, very briefly. I played baseball from kindergarten through sixth grade. I wanted to be a catcher, so I got some experience at it.
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